Fear & Anxiety

Christ Receiving Sinners

Matthew 9:10

… him—and we can hardly imagine that publicans and sinners would have been anxious to sit down to eat with him. But, my Brothers and Sisters, the Christ …

Christ in Bonds

John 18:24

… It seems to me that this binding of our Lord shows, first, something of fear on the part of His captors. Why did they bind Him? He would …

The Poor Man's Friend

Psalm 10:14

… Sinner, give yourself up to the charge of Jesus to be convoyed to Heaven! And you over-anxious children of God, lay down all your anxieties at the …

A Caution to the Presumptuous

… Satan inspires fool-hardiness, styles it courage, and bids the man rush to the cannon’s mouth for “bubble reputation.” God creates in man holy fear. Satan gives …

Our Lord's Transcendent Greatness

Micah 5:4

… Are you willing and anxious that He should do it again? Then cry to Him and He will do it! Perhaps there is one here who has been …

Clearing the Road to Heaven

Isaiah 62:10

… Who would not be full of fear if all of a sudden he saw Hell opening right under his feet? They have been eating nothing lately but unsatisfying …

A Stanza of Deliverance

Psalm 105:37

… Coming up from death to eternal life, this will be the sum of it, "HE brought them forth, also, with silver and gold." Dear Friends, I am anxious …

Soul Satisfaction

Psalm 35:3

… I am glad, poor woman, that you are anxious for your husband. It is a good thing that you, husband, should pray for your wife, but oh, remember …

The Commissariat of the Universe

Psalm 104:28

… The angel of the LORD encamps round about them that fear Him, and delivers them. David's deliverance had been so special that he could not help feeling …

God's Foreknowledge of Man's Sin

Isaiah 48:8

… You are, I fear, many of you, among the blind people that have eyes and the deaf people who have ears who refuse to use their eyes and …

The Profit Of Godliness In The Life To Come

1 Timothy 4:8

… You need not fear the judgment, you need not fear the conflagration of the world, or whatever else of terror shall be attendant upon the coming of Christ …

The Greatest Gift in Time or Eternity

Isaiah 55:4-6

… never was true, for there are no people under Heaven who are more anxious that all men should be saved than are we who believe that, nevertheless, the …

Satanic Hindrances

1 Thessalonians 2:18

… Father." Their will was overruled as to visiting the Church together, but being anxious for its welfare, they sent Timothy alone to minister for a time in its …

Lost Through One-Saved Through One

Romans 5:16

… And I feel very little doubt that there are many other anxious enquirers who are a long time looking for what is close to them all the while …

Hold Fast Your Shield

Hebrews 10:35

… Suppose a minister preaches so that he may receive honor from men? How anxious he will be to please his hearers—and he will cut and trim to …

Laying the Hand on the Sacrifice

Leviticus 4:29

… I hope I am addressing many persons who wish to know more about the way and plan of salvation and who are anxious to partake in the benefits …

One Trophy for Two Exploits

Psalm 18:29

… There was, at one time, a human fear which seemed as if it would hold Him back from the battle, when He said, "O My Father, if it …

Comfort and Constancy

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… reason for knowing God is that you may feel comforted and happy! I fear that there are many who are under that notion. They expect every sermon to …

The Sphere Of Instrumentality

John 11:39

… I am sure, if our hearts are right, all that can be done we are most anxious to do. Jesus Christ is our Model, and observe how He …

The Essence of Simplicity

John 9:35

… With you, my anxious Friend, the greatest and weightiest business that can concern you is that you find salvation. You have it not at present, your conscience tells …

Covenant Blessings

Ezekiel 36:26

… Mere religious impressibility is not Grace—it is Nature alone—and I even fear that to some it is a temptation to be so extremely impressionable. I am …

Human Responsibility

John 15:22

… of the Jews, for whom both Jew and Gentile are now looking with anxious expectation, even Messiah, the Prince who came once to suffer, but who comes again …

Providence—as Seen in the Book of Esther

Esther 9:1

… for the destruction of all the Jews upon a certain day, was very anxious to have his cruel work done thoroughly and, therefore, being very superstitious and believing …

The Beginning of Miracles Which Jesus Did

John 2:11

… They were poor, unlearned men and all the scholarship of the age was arrayed against them—but they said to themselves, "We fear not, for Jesus is in …

A Far-reaching Promise

Acts 2:39

… I charge all Brothers who are anxious for the true conversion of sinners, to be sometimes a little backward in dealing out comfort to them. Wait till you …

Supposing Him to Have Been in the Company

Luke 2:44

… He would surely have said, "What do you mean by this ordinance?" He would have been anxious to share with the grown-up people all the solemn thoughts …

Psalm 17

Psalm 17

… There is more fear that we will not hear the Lord than that the Lord will not hear us. "Hear the right;" it is well if our case …

Pleading, Not Contradicting

Matthew 15:27

… She was all eyes and ears for Him and nothing can be hid from an anxious mother eager to bless her child! Disturbed by her, the Blessed One …

Moab Is My Washpot

Psalm 60:8

… How little of our life is given to God! You who love and fear him are not always near to him, though he is always near to you …

Three Names High on the Muster Roll

Daniel 3:16-18

… And I fear that he never did, for he could always speak with great severity against the people who met for prayer and were earnest in the faith …

The Wide-open Mouth Filled

Psalm 81:10

… Sitting in your study, you may be anxious because you cannot get a subject to really lay hold of you. At any rate, Brother, open your mouth with …

A Sabbath Miracle

Luke 13:10-13

… let the heathen be judged in Your sight Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. They boast that they …

How the Lambs Feed

Isaiah 5:17

… You need not fear that. Your Master was poor—you will never be as poor as He was, for He had nowhere to lay His head. Fear not …

Christ's Indwelling Word

Colossians 3:16

… but when the most of people read the Bible, they appear to be anxious to get the unpleasant task finished and put away! In some cases they seem …

The Sciences as Sources of Illustration

… The native Indians gazed upon these traces of imperfect organization with mingled curiosity and fear, as if they were pale and disfigured phantoms banished from the face of …

Sinners Bound with the Cords of Sin

Proverbs 5:22

… Sin, which at the first bringeth to man a specious pleasure, ere long turneth into bitterness, remorse, and fear. Sin is a dragon, with eyes like stars, but …

Angelic Protection in Appointed Ways

Psalm 91:11

… There are hundreds, and I fear thousands, of church members who say that they are the people of God, yet they appear to live entirely to this world …

Fruitless Faith

James 2:17

… I will not tonight speak of those who know not their Lord's will, who shall be beaten with few stripes, but I do fear there are some …

God's Remembrance of His Covenant

Psalm 106:44

… When you and I stand and tremble before a Divine promise for fear it should not be fulfilled, we cast a slur upon the truth, faithfulness and Immutability …

Concerning the Consolations Of God

Job 15:11

… Does He not use this as His own note of cheer, saying, "Fear you not, for I am with you"? Besides, "the consolations of God" lie also in …